Supportive Services Specialist VISTA

The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide access to affordable, quality housing, and achieve self-sufficiency through education and collaborative partnerships, for all residents of our community. The main focus of the Supportive Services Department (SSD) is education, digital literacy, financial literacy, health & wellness, and employment. The SSD believes that by improving households' outcomes related to employment and income, health, and children's education, citizens will become self-sufficient, allowing them to rise above poverty.

The SSD is a VITA site with four opportunity centers and two Biblio Techs. The SSD provides after-school/out-of-school programs, where we provide tutoring, mentoring, workshops, and summer learning for grades K-12. The SSD also has a Youth Leadership and Internship Program, and a Road to College Program to encourage young adults to achieve a higher education.

The Supportive Services VISTA member will help the Supportive Services Team to reach more residents by enhancing the programming already present in the community, creating a strategy, and coordinating the project. Some activities include developing surveys for the residents to evaluate the programming. Researching our current programs and preparing a report with recommendations to improve the programming. Collaborating with staff to develop a strategy that includes a timeline/calendar explaining how the recommendations will be implemented.

Developing training materials for the staff to implement the changes being made.

• Health Coverage*
• Training
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Living Allowance
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Relocation Allowance

• Permits working at another job during off hours
• Permits attendance at school during off hours

• Housing
• Education
• Children/Youth

• Youth Development
• Computers/Technology
• General Skills
• Fund raising/Grant Writing
• Social Services
• Microsoft Office
• Writing/Editing

Ameri Corps VISTA

Supportive Services Specialist VISTA

09/08/2026 - 09/07/2027

Full Time

High school diploma/GED

Minimum: 18 Maximum:
None

TEXAS Dallas/Ft. Worth

English

Spanish

From 12/05/2025 To 08/14/2026

Toni Mickle

5005 Brentwood Stair Rd

Fort Worth TX 76112

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